Green and Blue Economy
The green and blue economy promotes sustainable economic development by aligning economic growth with the protection and restoration of natural resources. It seeks to generate livelihoods and economic opportunities while safeguarding ecosystems, reducing environmental degradation, and strengthening climate resilience. While the green economy focuses primarily on land-based systems such as agriculture, forests, and energy, the blue economy emphasizes the sustainable use of water and marine resources, including rivers, wetlands, and coastal environments.
Central to green and blue economy approaches is the integration of environmental value into economic decision-making. This includes the development of policy frameworks, financing mechanisms, and investment strategies that account for the economic, social, and ecological benefits of natural resources. Innovative financial instruments – such as green loans, blue bonds, carbon credits, payment for ecosystem services, and climate finance mechanisms – are increasingly used to direct investments toward sustainable water management, ecosystem restoration, biodiversity conservation, circular resource use, and climate-adaptive infrastructure.
Beyond financing, the green and blue economy promotes sustainable resource governance, private sector engagement, and locally driven innovation. These approaches contribute to closing financing gaps, improving resilience of communities and ecosystems, and enabling inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
This dossier presents blogs, videos, and key publications related to green and blue economy approaches, showcasing practical experiences, policy innovations, and investment pathways that support the transition toward environmentally sustainable and economically resilient systems.
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- Landscapes and Local Climates
- Knowledge Repository for GFFA 2026
- Improved Laundry and Hygiene
- Ecologically-based Rodent Management
- Green and Blue Economy
- Soil Management
- Green Transformation
- Green Roads for Water
- Dryland Development
- Agroecology
- Livelihoods from Floods
- Locally-Led Adaptation in Practice
- The underground drought
- Water and Development Partnership
- Preserving Assets - Operation and Maintenance in Delta’s
- Is the world getting saltier?
- Water integrity
- Water Productivity
- Managing Desert Locusts
- None left behind
- Mega Irrigation
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